Napoleon III was born on 20 April 1808 in Paris. A French ruler, Napoleon III was the nephew of Napoleon I. After failed coup attempts in the 1830s and a period of imprisonment and exile, he returned to France after the 1848 revolution and was elected president of the Second Republic. In December 1851 he seized power in a coup and in 1852 proclaimed himself emperor. His reign, the Second Empire, brought rapid industrialization, railway building and the rebuilding of Paris under Baron Haussmann, as well as military ventures in the Crimea, Italy and Mexico. He was captured by the Prussians at Sedan in September 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War, which ended his rule. He died in exile in England.
Before and after
- 1808Publication of Faust
- 1808Discovery of calcium
- 16 January 1808Founding of Italian Stock Exchange
- from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809Finnish War
- 20 April 1808Birth of Napoleon III
- 3 June 1808Birth of Jefferson Davis
- from 15 June 1808 to 14 August 1808First Siege of Zaragoza
- 30 June 1808Discovery of boron
- 17 August 1808Battle of Roliça
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